People with mental health problems have the right to have an autonomous, independent and normalized life , to complete inclusion in the community and to have services to support their autonomy that allow this to happen.

The pillars of independent living, in our social system, are education, work and housing. Not having resources to promote autonomy leads the person to depend on the family and the mental health services network in a chronic way.

From a healthcare point of view, to break with this dependency, they should have services to promote independent living and complete inclusion in the community, including:

• Financial aid.
• Residential and adapted housing programs.
• Home care services.
• Social and labor insertion services (in the ordinary labor market) or sheltered employment.